Art

May 25, 2014

Hilarious Meme of Nicholas Cage Photoshopped as Other People

Nicholas Cage takes on every role imaginable in this hilarious and quite popular meme called Nic Cage as Everyone. In the collection of entertaining portraits, the American actor's face is photoshopped onto everybody from the nude Vanity Fair image of pregnant Demi Moore to all of the characters from The Brady Bunch. The blog regularly receives submissions from fans who can't seem to get enough of Nicholas Cage.

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May 21, 2014

Unusual Pairings Beautifully Blend into Dreamlike Portraits

Spanish-based artist Antonio Mora, also known as mylovt, uses the web to craft his surreal works. He looks through online databases and finds images that he later combines into unconventional portraits. We see unusual pairings where the lower half of human faces are fused with waterfalls, cityscapes, desert rocks, and more. The results are beautifully dreamlike photographs that feel timeless.

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May 18, 2014

Artist Reimagines Disney Princesses as Different Ethnicities

Have you ever wondered what your favorite Disney princess would like like if she was another race or ethnicity? 23-year-old artist TT of the Tumblr blog Let There Be Doodles answers that question with the incredible series Racebent Disney. Using a combination of illustration and photo manipulation, the artist reimagines iconic Disney princesses entirely by changing their skin colors, clothing, hairstyles, and cultural backgrounds.

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May 14, 2014

Ice Books Embedded with Seeds are Released into Rivers

From 2007, Basia Irland has been creating ice books, sculptures that resemble books created with huge blocks of frozen river water and “engraved” with seeds from local plants. These ice books are released back into the river where they eventually melt. The seeds are dispersed into the stream, turning into plants along the riverbank.

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